Alvin C. York Bridge
Appearance
Alvin C. York Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 35°37′38″N 88°01′56″W / 35.62722°N 88.03222°W |
Carries | U.S. Route 412 |
Crosses | Tennessee River |
Locale | Perry County, Tennessee, and Decatur County, Tennessee, United States |
Characteristics | |
Longest span | 440 ft (130 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1986 |
Location | |
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The Alvin C. York Bridge is a continuous box girder bridge that carries U.S. Route 412 across the Tennessee River, connecting Perry County, Tennessee, and Decatur County, Tennessee. It was completed in 1986 to replace an earlier through truss bridge of the same name built in 1930. The largest single span is 440 feet (130 m).[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Alvin C. York Bridge now open to traffic". The Tennessean. No. 200. October 4, 1986.
- ^ Janssen, Sarah (2011). World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: World Almanac Books. p. 725. ISBN 978-1-60057-133-6.